Sophia Evans^[1]

1826 - 1910  (84 years)

• Name	Sophia Evans
  Born	15 Feb 1826	Tennessee   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	2 Mar 1910
  Buried	Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I2066	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2011

  
  

  Father	Jacob Evans,   b. 1797, South Carolina ,   d. Abt Mar 1878  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Martha Ogle,   b. 1807, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 1885  (Age 78 years)
  Married	Abt 1823	, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F780	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	James S. "Big Cadger Jim" Ownby,   b. 1 Jan 1820, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Aug 1897  (Age 77 years)
  Married	Abt 1843	, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	+ 1. John Ownby,   b. 15 Jul 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 16 May 1915  (Age 70 years) + 2. Jacob "Jake" Ownby,   b. 4 Mar 1847, Tennessee ,   d. 23 Sep 1893  (Age 46 years)   3. George Ownby,   b. 1850,   d. See Notes + 4. Martha "Patty" Ownby,   b. 22 Feb 1852, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Feb 1932  (Age 79 years) + 5. Madison "Matt" Ownby,   b. 8 May 1854, Tennessee ,   d. 14 Apr 1935  (Age 80 years) + 6. Richard "Dick" Ownby,   b. 11 Jan 1856, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 16 Nov 1952  (Age 96 years) + 7. Mary C. Ownby,   b. 23 Feb 1858, Tennessee ,   d. 24 Sep 1920  (Age 62 years) + 8. James S. "Cadger Jim" Ownby,   b. 27 Aug 1860, Greenbrier, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Mar 1936  (Age 75 years) + 9. Sophia Ownby,   b. 8 Aug 1862, Knox County, Tennessee ,   d. 3 Dec 1941, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 79 years) + 10. Samuel Ownby,   b. 8 Jun 1872, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 1 Aug 1965, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 93 years)
  Family ID	F781	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 15 Feb 1826 - Tennessee Married - Abt 1843 - , Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - Glades Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos

  Sarah (Ownby) Ball submission Sophia b. 2/15/1822, d. 3/2/1910; m James S. Ownby, b 1/1/1820, d 8/13/1897in Civil War; James - the grandson of the James ownby, b. 1/6/1761 who fought in American Revolution War; Battle at Kings Mtn.; James Ownby never had photo made

  
  

• Notes

  Sophia Evans Ownby and her youngest son, Samuel, were mentioned in Jacob Evans' will. Sevier County Heritage lists birth as 15 February 1922. ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 161. "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 67, 88. "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 298, 300.

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 324C, 1880. [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 341a, 20 Jul 1870. [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 540. Birth 15 February 1830